Stephen Warren Meader (1892-1977) was a Philadelphia-based advertising copywriter who wrote 44 books, all for young adults. Some are regarded as HNF
AOS Naval Fiction
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Guns for the Saratoga : Gideon Jones enrols as a midshipman on the Saratoga during the Revolutionary War
Clear for Action! : 1812: Jeff Robbins, a Maine boy, on a cargo schooner is impressed for service aboard a British frigate.
Phantom of the Blockade : Life aboard a Confederate blockade runner Gray Witch.
AOS Privateer Fiction
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A Blow for Liberty : Jed Starbuck serves aboard the privateer schooner, the True Patriot, during the Revolutionary War
The Cape May Packet : Captain Ezra Hand and his son Will fit out their packet sloop, Fair Molly, as a privateer.
AOS Pirate Fiction
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The Black Buccaneer : A boy is carried away by pirates on a perilous trip to the West Indies
AOS Other Nautical Fiction
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Away to Sea : 1821: Jim Slater runs away to sea and finds he is one of the crew of a slave ship bound for Africa
The Voyage of the Javelin : Bob Wingate watched the Javelin being built and is given a berth on her first voyage.
Whaler 'Round the Horn : Rodney Glenn shipped out of New Bedford on the Pelican for a voyage round Cape Horn.